tail

rear appendage of organism
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tail

Summary

tail ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,755 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • tail is a type of appendage[2].
  • tail is a type of animal structure[3].
  • tail is used for movement[4].
  • tail's Commons category is recorded as Tails[5].
  • tail's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Tails[6].
  • tail's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[7].
  • tail's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8].
  • tail's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[9].
  • tail's has characteristic is recorded as prehensility[10].
  • tail's different from is recorded as rapping[11].
  • tail's MCN code is recorded as 0206.29.10[12].
  • tail's permanent duplicated item is recorded as tail[13].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include appendage[2] and animal structure[3].

Use and Application

tail is used for movement[4].

Influence

Things named for tail include Ringed spinytail iguana[14], a taxon[15]; tail recursion[16]; Hersiliidae[17], a taxon[18]; and Trichiurus[19], a taxon[20].

Why It Matters

tail ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,755 views/month).[1] tail has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] tail is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

Entities named for tail include Ringed spinytail iguana[14], a taxon[15]; tail recursion[16]; Hersiliidae[17], a taxon[18]; and Trichiurus[19], a taxon[20].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [14] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [16] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [17] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [19] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [15] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [18] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [20] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 11d ago · Mullanur · 2026-08-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has characteristic prehensility
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P1552]]: [[Q2583685]]"
  2. 11d ago · Mullanur · 2026-08-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has characteristic prehensility
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1552]]: [[Q2583685]]"
  3. 26d ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of appendage, animal structure
    Described by source Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)
    Has characteristic prehensility
    Different from rapping
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P11493]]: Q318948, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
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